Tripneustes ventricosus West Indian sea egg

Tripneustes ventricosus is commonly referred to as West Indian sea egg. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. A aquarium size of at least 100 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3368 

AphiaID:

422490 

Scientific:

Tripneustes ventricosus 

German:

Karibischer Seeigel 

English:

West Indian Sea Egg 

Category:

Sjöborrar 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Camarodonta (Order) > Toxopneustidae (Family) > Tripneustes (Genus) > ventricosus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Lamarck, ), 1816 

Occurrence:

Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Florida, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico (East Pacific), Panama, Saint Martin / Sint Maarten, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, Venezuela 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

1 - 67 Meter 

Size:

3.94" - 5.91" (10cm - 15cm) 

Temperature:

73.4 °F - 82.4 °F (23°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore) 

Tank:

22 gal (~ 100L)  

Difficulty:

There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• 
  Tripneustes depressus
  Brauner Seeigel
• 
  Tripneustes gratilla
  Pfaffenhut-Seeigel
• 
  Tripneustes ventricosus
  Karibischer Seeigel

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Tripneustes australiae
  Lamington-Seeigel, Dekorateur-Seeigel

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2010-10-19 20:01:54 

Last edit:

2022-10-18 19:14:42 

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